Medical appliance



W. J. DOYLE.

MEDICAL APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED MAY9, 1919.

1,337,829, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

INVENTOR WJDoy/e,

ATTORNEYS WILLIAM J. DOYLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MEDICAL APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed May 9, 1919. Serial No. 295,826.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM J. DOYLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Medical Appliance, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in medical appliances, and pertains more particularly to devices especially adapted for use by bedridden patlents.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device of this character which may be secured in operative position without liability of becoming displaced.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a device of this character in which the contents of the receptacle will not be spilled, regardless of the various positions which said receptacle may assume.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily cleaned thereby making the same sanitary in every respect.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is 'a detail perspective view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device comprises a receptacle 5, which while shown as rectangular in form may be made in other shapes without departing from the spirit of the invention. This receptacle is provided in its top wall with a cleaning and emptying opening 6, which is adapted to be closed by means of a screw cap 7.

Extending through the top wall of the receptacle 5 and angularly disposed with respect thereto,is a tubular member 8, the inner end of which is closed by means of the Wall 9. The loweredge of the inner wall 9 is curved as at 10, and projects below the lowermost portion of the tubular member 8. Passing through the lower wall of the tubular member 8, is an opening 11, which permits of the contents of said tubnlar member entering the receptacle 5, the curved portion 10 of the wall 9 serving to prevent the liquid contained in the receptacle 5 from splashing into the tubular member 8.

The opposite end of the tubular member 8 projects beyond the receptacle 5, as shown at 11, and interiorly of its extreme outer end, said tubular member is provided with two spaced flanges 12 and 13. Mounted between the spaced flanges 12 and 13, is an elastic washer 14, shown in detail in Fig. 3, by means of which the device is secured in operative position. Adjacent the outer end of the tubular member 8, are a plurality of openings 15, which serve to permit the entrance of air to said tubular member for the purpose of ventilating the same. The tubular member 8 is further provided with a handle 16 for facilitating the handling and moving of the device.

In attaching the device, the male member of the body is inserted into the open end of the tubular member 8. lVhen so positioned, the washer 14L frictionally engages the male member and prevents accidental displacement of the receptacle 5 at the same time preventing movement thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

.In a device of the character described, a closed receptacle, a tubular member having its inner end closed and lying within said receptacle, said inner end having a dis-. charge opening, a guard projecting over said discharge opening, an annular flange surrounding the open end of said tubular member, and a circular resilient securing means arranged interiorly of said tubular member, and positioned behind said flange.

VILLIAM J. DOYLE. 

